2007

Sources tell PubDef.net that State Senator Chris Koster is going to make it official this week. Koster, who rocked the state's political scene when he switched from the Republican Party to become a Democrat back…

The Arch City Chronicle and Post reporter Jo Mannies report that State Sen. Jeff Smith will be supporting Gov. Matt Blunt’s expected appointment of Republican Carol Wilson as the next head of the St. Louis…

And now the exciting conclusion of our interview with affirmative action opponent Ward Connerly. Connerly has come to Missouri to support a proposed amendment to our state constitution to “ban affirmative action programs designed to…

A woman tried to jump from the second floor rotunda of City Hall today. City Marshals would not comment on the record, but witnesses tell PubDef the woman, an employee in one of St. Louis’…

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From reporter Dave Helling’s story in Sunday’s Kansas City Star: Antonio French’s St. Louis-based Web site, www.pubdef.net, is one of the best-known and most frequently viewed political Web sites in Missouri. French shoots, edits and…

Press release from the Green Party… “More than anyone else, Willie Marshall was responsible for bringing a Black perspective to the Green Party,” says Party activist Barbara Chicherio. Willie Marshall passed while asleep early July…

State Rep. Jamilah Nasheed today said she’s been appointed to the following House committees: Appropriations – Public Safety and Corrections Crime Prevention and Public Safety Special Committee on Financial Institutions Special Committee on Urban Issues…